Dean Salwa Karboune is please to announce the following appointments in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:

Jessica Head

Director of the Morgan Arboretum and Molson Nature Reserve

Professor Jessica Head has been appointed as Director of the Morgan Arboretum and Molson Nature Reserve for a three-year term starting September 2025. Professor Head is an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences.

Classified as: Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, Molson Nature Reserve
Published on: 1 Oct 2025

The Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) has proudly won the bid to host the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN) 2029 in Vancouver, Canada, marking a major milestone for Canada’s nutrition community.

Classified as: Stéphanie Chevalier
Published on: 26 Sep 2025

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., residents have a new spot to do their groceries. After the suburb's only grocery store closed for the second time, B Factory, a locally owned beeswax products shop that had been on the verge of bankruptcy, expanded its space to include a small grocery section called Mon Marché Local.

Classified as: Daiva Nielsen
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

Earlier this month, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) marked National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21) with a special Indigenous-inspired cafeteria meal, featuring baked salmon, wild rice salad, and blueberry bannock.

Classified as: Dietetics
Published on: 30 Jun 2025

In the wake of soaring cocoa prices, Isabelle Lam, BSc(NutrSc)’19, co-founder of Remix Snacks, spoke to the Globe and Mail about innovation in an unpredictable economy.

Remix Snacks is known for it’s bean bark, a high-protein, high-fibre snack made with upcycled imperfect fruit, black beans, and 70% dark chocolate, which Lam and co-founder Jamie Lee, BSc(NutrSc)’19, developed while studying Nutrition at McGill University's Macdonald Campus. 

Published on: 16 Jun 2025

Recently, the Canadian Nutrition Society held its annual conference, where awards were distributed to winners of the society's poster presentations. Among them, two McGill University grad students studying nutrition were recognized.

Ferial Hamdi, M.Sc. Thesis student with Prof. Brittany Jock (formerly of the School of Human Nutrition), won the George Beaton Award for Student Work in Public Health Nutrition and took second place in the Graduate Oral Competition 

Classified as: Brittany Wenniserí:iostha Jock, Grace Marquis
Published on: 3 Jun 2025

On May 2, 2025, over 60 people gathered in the John Abbott College Library for the Lister Science Chats, where four Macdonald Campus graduate students presented their research and shared how past events as well as the discoveries, sometimes unintentional, and techniques of previous scientists made their work possible.

Classified as: 24 hours of science, Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative
Published on: 20 May 2025

On April 11, 2025, over 60 people gathered at the annual John Abbott Sustainability Through Science Symposium to hear how the research of three Macdonald Campus graduate students contributes to a more sustainable future. Honours and science students from John Abbott College, as well as members of McGill University's Macdonald Campus community, were inspired by short talks followed by a panel discussion on the students' university experience and their chosen career paths.

Classified as: Mac Outreach, Office of Experiential Learning and Community Outreach
Published on: 7 May 2025

The Canadian Council of Academics (CCA) has formed an expert panel to examine how Indigenous science can be supported to advance policy and governance in a way that achieves reciprocal benefits for all people in Canada. Using food sovereignty as a case study, the panel will develop a framework that can be applied across a range of policy issues.

Classified as: Treena Wasonti:io Delormier
Published on: 16 Apr 2025

In a recent article, La Presse investigates whether boycotting American products could improve our health. Experts interviewed for the article said it's possible—but only if we change other eating habits in the process.

Classified as: Valerie Orsat, Amani Al-asmar
Published on: 9 Apr 2025

On March 27, McGill honoured 141 laureates at the 20th annual Bravo Gala, celebrating researchers who received prestigious provincial, national or international awards in 2024, including eight researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

In his opening remarks, McGill President and Vice-Chancellor, Deep Saini, applauded the honourees for their efforts, underlining the importance of McGill’s research contributions.

Classified as: elena bennett, Mehran Dastmalchi, Vijaya Raghavan, Arun Mujumdar, Harriet Kuhnlein, Valerio Hoyos-Villegas, Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, Zhiming Qi
Published on: 2 Apr 2025

Nineteen members of the McGill community, including President Deep Saini, have been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.

Classified as: Treena Wasonti:io Delormier
Published on: 7 Jan 2025

In a recent article, La Presse addressed the question of whether ultra-processed foods increase cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and allergies in children.

Studies exist, Michèle Iskandar, Research Associate at McGill's School of Human Nutrition told La Presse—but they are preliminary.

Classified as: Stéphanie Chevalier, Michèle Iskandar
Published on: 16 Dec 2024

In a new article, La Presse investigates claims made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's Secretary of Health nominee, that Froot Loops sold in Canada have far less ingredients than their American counterparts. 

Classified as: Stéphanie Chevalier
Published on: 25 Nov 2024

Twenty McGill researchers have received infrastructure awards from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $5.5 million.  

These grants will be matched by the Quebec government, doubling their value.  

Classified as: Anne-Sophie Brazeau, Qian Liu
Published on: 18 Sep 2024

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